Remarks
January 22, 2026
Madam Speaker: I rise today in support of the final FY26 appropriations package, which completes the culmination of hard work and fulfills our commitment to the American people. As Chairman of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, I was honored to lead the effort to rein in spending and secure an America First future, while also ensuring these bills provide funding for critical projects that support jobs and growth in our districts.
January 22, 2026
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise today in support of H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act. The legislation before us is part of the final chapter of the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations process. This is where months of work turn into results.
January 22, 2026
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today in strong support of the homeland security bill under consideration. As the Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee, I’d like to thank the Full Committee chair, Mr. Cole, for his leadership in helping to return us to regular order and producing a series of bills that will fully fund the government by the January 30th deadline.
January 21, 2026
Chairwoman Foxx, Ranking Member McGovern, and esteemed members of the Rules Committee, I thank you for your warm welcome and your kind invitation to testify today. We have not been strangers in recent weeks, and this final stretch is the culmination of hard work and commitment.
January 14, 2026
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, as Chairman of the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee, I rise in strong support of H.R. 7006. This full-year funding bill to carry out our nation’s foreign policy is historic in many ways.
January 14, 2026
I would like to thank Chairman Cole for yielding and for his leadership, together with Ranking Member DeLauro, Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Collins, Vice Chair Murray, Senate FSGG Chairman Hagerty and Ranking Member Reed. I appreciate all their work on this bill.
January 14, 2026
I rise today in support of H.R. 7006, which institutes Fiscal Year 2026 funding for the Financial Services and General Government and National Security and Department of State appropriations measures. This Congress has a fundamental responsibility to fund the government, and this two-bill package is our next step forward in completing all 12 measures.
January 13, 2026
Chairwoman Foxx, Ranking Member McGovern, and esteemed members of the Rules Committee, I thank you for your warm welcome and your kind invitation to testify today. I appear before you today on H.R. 7006, a two-bill package covering the Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs appropriations measures for Fiscal Year 2026.
January 8, 2026
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, as Chairman of the CJS Subcommittee, I rise in support of H.R. 6938.
From national security and law enforcement to American innovation and space exploration, the CJS bill before us puts the nation on a path to greatness while reinforcing President Trump’s bold agenda on trade and combating illicit drug trafficking.
January 8, 2026
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
I am pleased to begin consideration of H.R. 6938 today, which includes the Fiscal Year 2026 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
